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Paternal Family Tree: Orange
William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange was created I Prince Orange.
On 24th April 1533 William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange was born to William "The Rich" I Count of Nassau Dillenburg (age 46).
On 6th July 1551 William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 18) and Anna Egmond Princess Orange were married. She by marriage Princess Orange.
On 22nd November 1553 [his daughter] Maria Orange Nassau was born to William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 20) and [his wife] Anna Egmond Princess Orange.
On 19th December 1554 [his son] Philip William Orange Nassau I Prince Orange was born to William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 21) and [his wife] Anna Egmond Princess Orange.
Around 23rd July 1555 [his daughter] Maria Orange Nassau (age 1) died.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 7th February 1556 [his daughter] Maria Orange Nassau was born to William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 22) and [his wife] Anna Egmond Princess Orange.
On 6th October 1559 [his father] William "The Rich" I Count of Nassau Dillenburg (age 72) died.
On 25th August 1561 William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 28) and Anna of Saxony (age 16) were married. She by marriage Princess Orange. They had two sons, one of which died in infancy, and three daughters.
On 31st October 1562 [his son] Countess Anna Orange Nassau died.
On 31st October 1562 [his son] Countess Anna Orange Nassau was born to William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 29) and [his wife] Anna of Saxony (age 17).
On 5th November 1563 [his daughter] Anna Orange Nassau was born to William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 30) and [his wife] Anna of Saxony (age 18).
On 8th December 1564 [his daughter] Maurits August Philips Orange Nassau was born to William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 31) and [his wife] Anna of Saxony (age 19).
On 3rd March 1566 [his daughter] Maurits August Philips Orange Nassau (age 1) died.
On 13th November 1567 [his son] Prince Maurice I of Orange was born to William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 34) and [his wife] Anna of Saxony (age 22).
On 10th April 1569 [his daughter] Emilia Orange Nassau was born to William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 35) and [his wife] Anna of Saxony (age 24).
On 24th June 1575 William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 42) and Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange (age 28) were married. She by marriage Princess Orange.
On 31st March 1576 [his daughter] Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine was born to William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 42) and [his wife] Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange (age 29).
On 26th April 1577 [his daughter] Elisabeth Orange Nassau was born to William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 44) and [his wife] Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange (age 30).
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 18th December 1577 [his wife] Anna of Saxony (age 32) died.
On 31st July 1578 [his daughter] Catharina Orange Nassau was born to William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 45) and [his wife] Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange (age 31).
On 18th August 1579 [his daughter] Charlotte Flandrina Orange Nassau was born to William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 46) and [his wife] Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange (age 32).
On 17th September 1580 [his daughter] Charlotte Brabantina Orange Nassau was born to William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 47) and [his wife] Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange (age 33).
On 9th December 1581 [his daughter] Emilia Antwerpiana Orange Nassau was born to William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 48) and [his wife] Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange (age 34).
On 5th May 1582 [his wife] Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange (age 35) died.
On 24th April 1583 William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 50) and Louise Coligny Princess Orange were married. She by marriage Princess Orange.
On 29th January 1584 [his son] Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange was born to William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 50) and [his wife] Louise Coligny Princess Orange.
On 10th July 1584 William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 51) died. His son [his son] Philip (age 29) succeeded William I Prince Orange.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
John Evelyn's Diary. 17th August 1641. I passed again through Delft, and visited the church in which was the monument of Prince William of Nassau, - the first of the Williams, and saviour (as they call him) of their liberty, which cost him his life by a vile assassination. It is a piece of rare art, consisting of several figures, as big as the life, in copper. There is in the same place a magnificent tomb of his son and successor, [his son] Maurice. The Senate-house hath a very stately portico, supported with choice columns of black marble, as I remember, of one entire stone. Within, there hangs a weighty vessel of wood, not unlike a butter-churn, which the adventurous woman that hath two husbands at one time is to wear on her shoulders, her head peeping out at the top only, and so led about the town, as a penance for her incontinence. From hence, we went the next day to Itvswick, a stately country-house of the Prince of Orange, for nothing more remarkable than the delicious walks planted with lime trees, and the modern paintings within.